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Experts Talk: RISC-V CEO Calista Redmond and Maven Silicon CEO Sivakumar P R on RISC-V Open Era of Computing

Experts Talk: RISC-V CEO Calista Redmond and Maven Silicon CEO Sivakumar P R on RISC-V Open Era of Computing
by Daniel Nenni on 04-26-2022 at 10:00 am

Expert talk banner Maven Silicon

India’s top VLSI Training Services company Maven Silicon, a RISC-V Global Training Partner, conducted an insightful discussion with the industry experts Ms. Calista Redmond, CEO, RISC-V International and Mr. Sivakumar P R, CEO, Maven Silicon, on the topic “RISC-V Open Era of Computing”.

To introduce RISC-V, it is a free and … Read More


Assembly Automation. Repair or Replace?

Assembly Automation. Repair or Replace?
by Bernard Murphy on 04-25-2022 at 6:00 am

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It is difficult to imagine an SoC development team not using some form of automation to assemble their SoCs; the sheer complexity of the assembly task for modern designs is already far beyond hand-crafted top-level RTLs. An increasing number of groups have already opted for solutions based on the IP-XACT integration standard.… Read More


Truechip’s DisplayPort 2.0 Verification IP (VIP) Solution

Truechip’s DisplayPort 2.0 Verification IP (VIP) Solution
by Kalar Rajendiran on 04-21-2022 at 10:00 am

Truechip TruEYE GUI

Integrating IP to build SoCs has been consistently on the rise. Growth in complexity and meeting time to market pressures are some primary drivers behind this phenomenon. Consequentially, the IP market segment has also been enjoying tremendous growth. While this is great news for chip design schedules, it does highlight the … Read More


Spatial Audio: Overcoming Its Unique Challenges to Provide A Complete Solution

Spatial Audio: Overcoming Its Unique Challenges to Provide A Complete Solution
by Kalar Rajendiran on 04-12-2022 at 6:00 am

20 Cones of Confusion

“If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” is a philosophical thought experiment that raises questions regarding observation and perception [Source: Wikipedia]. Setting aside the philosophical aspects, if one wasn’t present where a sound was generated, the sound was lost forever.… Read More


CEO Interview: Dr. Esko Mikkola of Alphacore

CEO Interview: Dr. Esko Mikkola of Alphacore
by Daniel Nenni on 04-08-2022 at 6:00 am

Esko Mikkola Polo

 

CEO’s background: what led to your current organization?
Since an early age, exceeding expectations has driven me to succeed in my areas of interest. While enlisted in the Finnish Army, I was selected, trained, and short-listed for the country’s astronaut training program before it was unfortunately dissolved.  A major realized… Read More


Synopsys Tutorial on Dependable System Design

Synopsys Tutorial on Dependable System Design
by Bernard Murphy on 04-06-2022 at 6:00 am

Dependability

Synopsys hosted a tutorial on the last day of DVCon USA 2022 on design/system dependability. Which here they interpret as security, functional safety, and reliability analysis. The tutorial included talks from DARPA, AMD, Arm Research and Synopsys. DARPA and AMD talked about general directions and needs, Arm talked about their… Read More


The Importance of Low Power for NAND Flash Storage

The Importance of Low Power for NAND Flash Storage
by Tom Simon on 04-05-2022 at 10:00 am

Low Power for NAND Flash

Even though we all know that reducing power consumption in NAND Flash Storage is a good idea, it is worthwhile to take a deeper dive into the underlying reasons for this. A white paper by Hyperstone, a leading developer of Flash controllers, discusses these topics providing useful insight into the problem and its solutions. The … Read More


Security Requirements for IoT Devices

Security Requirements for IoT Devices
by Daniel Nenni on 04-05-2022 at 6:00 am

IoT Product Lifecycles SemiWiki

Designing for secure computation and communication has become a crucial requirement across all electronic products.  It is necessary to identify potential attack surfaces and integrate design features to thwart attempts to obtain critical data and/or to access key intellectual property.  Critical data spans a wide variety… Read More


Bridging Analog and Digital worlds at high speed with the JESD204 serial interface

Bridging Analog and Digital worlds at high speed with the JESD204 serial interface
by Daniel Nenni on 04-04-2022 at 6:00 am

Comcore JESD204 Webinar SemiWiki

We are delighted to showcase our “Bridging Analog and Digital worlds at high speed with the JESD204 Serial Interface” webinar on April 20th, in case you missed the live webinar back in February 2022.

To meet the increased demand for converter speed and resolution, JEDEC proposed the JESD204 standard describing a new efficient … Read More


Data Processing Unit (DPU) uses Verification IP (VIP) for PCI Express

Data Processing Unit (DPU) uses Verification IP (VIP) for PCI Express
by Daniel Payne on 03-29-2022 at 10:00 am

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Domain specific processors are a mega-trend in the semiconductor industry, so we see new three letter acronyms like DPU, for Data Processing Unit. System level performance can actually be improved by moving some of the tasks away from the CPU. Companies like Xilinx (Alveo), Amazon (Nitro) and NVIDIA (BlueField) have been talking… Read More